STUDY ON PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY FLY ASH

Abstract

Concrete is a widely used construction material which contains four major ingredients such as coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, cement and water. The consumption of concrete is increasing every year with the number of developmental activities in infrastructure sector. The production of cement involves high energy consumption. Hence, there is a need to reduce the consumption of cement in concrete by using other alternate materials which posses cementitious properties. Fly ash is one such material which can be used as a replacement to cement in concrete. The present study aims in observing the variation of strength of different grades of concrete with different levels of fly ash replacement. The objective of the study is to re-establish the findings of earlier research done in the area of fly ash concrete. The grades of concrete selected for the study are M20, M35 and M50. The fly ash replacements considered for the study are 0%, 20%, 35% and 50% of cement by weight. The results of this study indicates that for M20 and M35 grades of concrete, there is increase in strength with 35% cement replacement by fly ash. For M50 grade of concrete, there is decrease in strength for all replacement levels selected for the study.